Outlook express is blocking zip files

Read More Quick Report, Count Selected Mails Enable you to do smarter, faster and better in Outlook. Download Now You are guest Login Now. Loading comment The comment will be refreshed after To post as a guest, your comment is unpublished. Microsoft suggests several workarounds to prevent Outlook from blocking attachments.

First, it is recommended to send files in a compressed format, such as. In addition, zip and rar archives can be scanned and they also take up less inbox space and download time. Second, you can use an FTP server or site and share access to files. And last, the file can be renamed by changing its extension, for instance, from.

If these options do not work for you, another way is to edit the Windows registry and this method is not recommended by Microsoft, because careless operations with the registry may brake the normal software functioning.

Then locate the key:. After double-clicking on the value, enter the Outlook attachment extensions that you would like to be able to open, separating them with a semi-colon if they are multiple. Please keep in mind that, if you choose to disable blocking certain types of attachments, you should re-enable it after saving the attachments in question to your hard disk as this Outlook functionality significantly decreases security risks.

Details required :. Cancel Submit. Azeez N. Hi kbgrunt,. Your Internet Explorer Security has been modified to disallow downloads. You simply need to revert the changes you made to the settings. How to enable file download in Internet Explorer 8 1. ZIP and Adobe Acrobat files.

PDF , both are files types that are very commonly mailed file formats and that are reasonably safe. See my article about Zip files. The following boxed text is from an article on the Microsoft web site that describes how to allow access to some blocked file types.

For example,. Allowing Access to blocked file types. If you need to open of save an attachment that has been blocked you can turn off the blocking feature.